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about me
I love films, music (incl. jazz), reading, theatre, photography, dancing, playing poker, food, travel, intelligent conversation and anything/anyone that makes me laugh. I have three sons, (10, 7 and 3) and live in the middle of a boarding school on the Hertfordshire/London border.
Email : shardadean@btinternet.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped to get Mr Unusually's Circus of Dreams to the desk (June 2012) in just three months.
COMPETITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Runner Up, The Fine Line Short Story Competition 2011, “The Tamotsu” published in ‘Even Birds are Chained to the Sky & Other Tales’, available on Amazon.
Honourable Mention, The Momaya Short Story Award 2011, “The Red Shoes” published in the Momaya Annual Review 2011.
Commended, The Sean O’Faolain Short Story Competition 2011, “Free George Clooney in Every Box!”
Shortlisted, The Fish Short Story Prize, 2011/12, “The Possibility of Wings”.
Shortlisted, The Fish Short Story Prize, 2011/12, “Free George Clooney in Every Box!”
Highly Recommended, Chapter One Promotions International Short Story Competition, 2012, "The Prince of Chai" (Anthology publication forthcoming).
Shortlisted, The Fish Flash Fiction Prize, 2012, “My son, the Judge”.
Highly Commended, The Bristol Short Story Prize, 2012, "Beautiful Horizon".
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'Mr Unusually's Circus of Dreams' has just reached the longlist (the final 21) for The Times Children's Fiction Competition. The shortlist will be announced in February 2013.
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favourite books
Austen, Dickens, Hardy, Steinbeck, Golding.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
A Patchwork Planet - Anne Tyler
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
Nicolas - Rene Goscinny
The Family from One End Street - Eve Garnett
Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
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